Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-05-06


and now determined to finish my tale
without further interruption.
LAS time passed on the miller Mech-
len and his wife Gretchen were much
troubled by Roschen's pallor and
melancholy, and one evening the young
girl told her mother that she felt she
could not live long, and also told her
how she wished her obsequies conduct
ed. In vain they tried to turn her
mind to other objects, but she daily be-
came more morose.
1.-The aged grandmother was at last
the one who alleviated the family dis
tress.
i" 'Mechlen,' she said to her son,
send for William Tell Gessler. he it is
whom Roschen is breaking her heart
about
''But he is herding cattle on the
Schrieckhorn, said the miller.
I" Telephone, said the grandmother.
Mechlen did 80 at once. - =
"'Hello! Hello! William! Will
liam. return
"'Hello! Hello!' shouted William, 4
will be down at o'clock tea tonight
"'All right!'
"' All right!'
I" AT little before that hour Ros-
chen sat gazing sullenly at the mill
wheel; she felt that she was saying
farewell to life and to all that made
life dear; A sudden step made her
turn her head. and she beheld before
her her own dear William Tell, his skin
brown and ruddy from the mountain
wind; his eyes shone out bluer and
brighter than ever. He looked per-
fectly charming. He smilingly held
out his arms to the trembling girl.
With one bound she sprang toward him
and buried her head, crowned with it's
dark curls upon his shoulder. ~
g Bless you! bless you, my de ar
children!' said the aged grandmother.
MAY you be as.happy as my old hus-
band and have been. Be good NV
children, be kind and patient with each
other, and when you are happy, remem-
Der with penitence the days when You,
each in turn, tried to render the other
unhappy. And now tor our humble
evening NEAL
THE whole family seated themselves
around the humble board and ate of
the simple but VIII olesome fare.
''Let us leave them at peace with all,
knowing that the wedding day of Ros-
chen was near at hand. when she would
be the most lovely Of all the brides who
had ever knelt in the little village
church of the FILLER valley. And thus
ends my story of The Miller's Daugh-
ter"
Rising from my desk I unlocked the
door OF my study, and in passing
through the entry I met my wife,
whose face wore most injured express
sion.
Dinner time, my dear?" I said.
cheerfully.
IAN apology for dinner she re-
piled. II suppose it will hardly inter-
est you, but the cook has gone away"
"Ah! to her mother brothers wake"
mo, my dear. She was offended at
waiting so long for her wages. I was
not in fault. - A dismal pause-after
this entered on the scene, nv
daughter radiant and smiling.
She had 50 enjoyed her shopping,
and in the course of conversation
it came out That she had purchased the
"love'' of a bonnet at Madam Roths-
chlld's, and as it made her cloth jacket
look SO shabby, she had bought a seal
skin coat, and as that had made her
dress look shabby, she had bought a
charming costume. which was also a
great bargin. She told me proudly
that all the things were charged, as I
had given her leave to do. When the
LIST of the next month came in the bills
amounted to somewhere near 5000; but
still [ had not allowed her to interrupt
me while writing my ':Miller's Daugh-
ter.''
But the great blow was yet to fall.
The next morning | entered my office
as usual. My confidential clerk sat
writing at his desk as usual, but when
he saw me he wore look of. trepida-
ton, which increased as he saw me
take up letter from my desk. 1t was
from ''bear' friend who was
managing large speculation for me
in "Erie." It ran thus:
Shares have reached our ultimatum.
Telegraph me your decision at once,
not moment to spare, F. l.. M.
Next the letter lay telegram, thus:
Tele xram at once about Erie. F. L. M.
''Why was not this Telegram sent
me at once yesterday" l exclaimed
Gercely to the clerk.
lit was sent at once, sir. The mes
sage given us was that you had impor-
tant work on hand, and were not to be
disturbed, no matter what the occas-
ion.'' ~
so no answer was gent to New
York?'' e..
NO, sir, we had not your authority
for doing, So :,
The awful truth suddenly dawned on
me. The telegram must have been
sent to the house ut the time my wife
and the parlor maid had tried TO make
me unlock my study door.
I sat down and tried to reason philo-
sophically. had finished my romance
undisturbed, but it had cost me 500,
900! My speculation in Erie had lost
ME that amount. when I had expected
to clear a good $50, 600 by it!
I went home and had consultation
with my wife, and we gave up our expect
ed trip to Europe, and made other
economical arran gements. My wife is
a truly good and amiable woman. just
ia all her thoughts and actions; but
one, just one little poisoned shaft she
could not resist. .=s !,
Ny dear, she said gently, ''could
ron not have your novel, or novelette,,
published, now that you have written
- Il.